jalaffa Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Microsoft Windows have already built-in default, free and powerful firewalls, but unfortunately, they lack a simple interface to define own simple rules and can be difficult sometimes to configure them the right way. Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall. It runs in the system tray and allows user to control the native firewall easily without having to waste time by navigating to the specific part of the firewall. Windows Firewall Control offers four filtering modes which can be switched with just a mouse click. WFC is free to use, registered users will get the advantage of learning mode which provides notifications for outgoing blocked connections. Download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 What's new in version 4.2.0.0 (15.11.2014)- New: The profile displayed in WFC is updated now even if the user changes thesettings from outside of WFC (e.g.: Control Panel applet, netsh or WFwAS mmc).- New: The restore profile set in the Profiles tab is reverted now even if the state of Windows Firewall is modified from outside of WFC.- New: Added a new confirmation dialog when the user switches from Main Panel to No Filtering profile.- New: The tray icon will display a balloon tip if the profile is High Filtering at program start-up to inform the user that the network connections are disabled until profile is manually switched.- Updated: Secure Boot was changed to only set High Filtering on system shutdown whenit is enabled. From now on, the user has to switch manually the profile at system start-up if this option is enabled in order to enable network connections. The old implementation had very unpredictable results and did not work always correctly.- Updated: The logging was updated to provide more detailed messages.- Updated: Event Viewer launched from the Tools tab will open by default the WFC subcategory. - Removed: The confirmation dialog that is displayed when a new rule is created wasremoved. From this version, the confirmation dialog is displayed only when a new rule is created from shell context menu.- Fixed: High Filtering profile can not be switched off in certain circumstances and"Core Networking - Block all inbound/outbound connections" rules can not be removed.- Fixed: Temporary Rules are not deleted at WFC restart if Secure Boot is enabledand the computer is restarted.- Fixed: Last used path is not remembered when exporting a partial policy file.- Fixed: The toolbox horizontal size is not saved when Rules Panel window is closed.- Fixed: Multiple rules can be merged even if the selected rules are defined fordifferent protocols. This is not allowed anymore.- Fixed: Properties dialog of a rule does not appear in the taskbar and if the dialogis minimized, the user can't close Rules Manager from taskbar context menu.- Fixed: When viewing inbound connections in Connections Log, if the user wants toquickly create a new rule without customizing it, the rule is created for outbounddirection instead of inbound.- Fixed: Uninstall dialog appears in taskbar but the dialog is not focused and theuser has to activate the window manually in order to see it.did anyone noticed a change in this : Updated: The logging was updated to provide more detailed messages.can you highlight the change from previous version to this version ?:guns: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponting Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Translation strings:- Removed019 = New rules were successfully created to allow connections for020 = New rules were successfully created to block connections for- New042 = Are you sure you want to disable Windows Firewall protection?043 = Do not show again321 = High Filtering profile is enabled. All network connections are blocked until the profile is switched manually.- Updated320 = Automatically set High Filtering profile on system shut down.Installation notes: Just use the new installer to update to this new version.Other info:Regarding Secure Boot, it seems that depending on the speed of the machine where WFC is installed it may or may not finish the shut down steps that are done by WFC. Unfortunately, the shut down event is not the proper one to execute the required logic because there is not enough time and I can't delay the system shut down process. I tried several variants and always a lot of unpredictable events appeared. So, for now, Secure Boot just sets High Filtering profile at shut down if it is enabled. The users that have problems with start-up programs that create new rules at boot time, must first check the rules list and then switch manually to another filtering profile. Or avoid such programs. This is the best working solution for the moment.Source: Post #1161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMOUR Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Windows Firewall Control v4.1 x.x Keymaker by UniSoft:http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/6XHJONOF/Keygen only by CUEhttp://www.datafilehost.com/d/d567de3a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Mostly good news, but - some bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddyfre Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Update new Italian translation by me :)Closed WFC and copy in directory, start WFCDownload from site BiniSoft.orghttp://www.binisoft.org/get.php?translation=wfcIT.lng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 looks like the invalid rules are now deleted almost instaneously (as soon as the program is uninstalled and rule bacame invalid, by the time i got to check the rules window in WFC, it had already deleted them) :showoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 can someone confirm -when a new rule is added from the pop-up notification....it is created without any group associated with it(usually the group was Windows Firewall Control).as a result when my filter is set to show only user filters, the new rules are not present in it.(have to then set it to no filters or add the group to the new rule manually)it is happening only since the new releaseany one else witnessing the same ?any solution ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Someone else reported the same point and Alex - the Developer, has acknowledged it as a minor bug. Alex says that he will be fixing it in the next release. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Someone else reported the same point and Alex - the Developer, has acknowledged it as a minor bug. Alex says that he will be fixing it in the next release. :)Thanx,looks like the changelog suggests it has been fixed,will now be downloading to see the effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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